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A Poignant Reading Journey Longwood Gardens is a continual source of inspiration. As one of the librarians here at Longwood I delight both in the gardens’ changing beauty as well as the cultural and historical connections that our gardens represent. Often, I am surprised by how powerfully the plants connect us all globally and across time. This delight of discovery drives my curiosity and—not surprisingly for a librarian—to read and learn a bit more. Collection Of Very Rare Optical Illusion To Hypnotize You Home » Odd Stuff » Collection Of Very Rare Optical Illusion To Hypnotize You Illusions are always mind freaking. An optical illusion (also called a visual illusion) is characterized by visually perceived images that differ from objective reality. The information gathered by the eye is processed in the brain to give a perception that does not tally with a physical measurement of the stimulus source.

Middle School Moment Middle School Moment is part of FRONTLINE’s Dropout Nation community engagement campaign supported by American Graduate: Let’s Make It Happen, a public media initiative funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to help local communities across America identify and implement solutions to address the dropout crisis. Learn more about how to participate. Download the Discussion Guide (PDF) What Is the Middle School Moment? Design Archives Vignelli Associates (1962-2008) 50 Books/50 Covers of 2010 The 50 best-designed books and book covers published between January 1 and December 31, 2010.View Collection Chermayeff & Geismar (1960-2006) AIGA 365: Design Effectiveness (2011) Push Pin Graphic (1957-1980) Featured Poet: Br. Paul Quenon The old farmers say you can hear corn growing in the night, and I borrow the expression for snowmelt and sun light. This is in my book: Afternoons with Emily – i.e. Dickenson, with Black Moss Press, Ontario. Restless Silence The enclosure wall runs the field, ducks behind some pines skirts the forest, dips and rises, gently drops, then disappears.

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Poems by Brother Paul Quenon Detail of Cowls on Pegs by Brother Paul Quenon The Cowl –solemn as chant, one sweep of fabric from head to foot. Cowls hanging on a row of pegs— tall disembodied spirits holding shadows deep in the folds waiting for light, for light to shift waiting for a bell for the reach of my hand to spread out the slow wings, release the shadows and envelope my prayer-hungry body with light. My Novices: late 1950s Young men came looking for –don’t know what– Left the place looking for -don’t know what– Of these I had no regrets.

National Gallery of Art NGAkids Art Zone SEA-SAWS SEA-SAWS is fun for kids of all ages. Select photographs of natural and man-made objects, then arrange the pieces to create a seascape or an abstract composition. The BUILD tool helps you construct animated characters and set them in motion. (Shockwave, 7.5 MB)

Distance Noguchi - The Noguchi Museum In an interview with a filmmaker preparing to make a movie about his work, Noguchi explained, “[I]t is your contact with reality that is the sculptural experience, and I wish you could get this into the movie and into this film. If you’ll find, for instance, some way of making it not a monologue, I’d appreciate it so much because a monologue is so boring. I mean, I would suggest, if you just cut out everything I’ve said, practically, and replace it with silence if you will, or music—if you can’t have silence or something…[Some other kind of noises than me, I mean, you know, any kind of noise, you could have crickets, or what have you, anything but just not me…] Shock people into appreciation that sculpture is a matter of silence, and that all the noise in the world doesn’t help one little bit and speech is a real hindrance, because it puts ideas into people’s heads that don’t belong there.”1 So, please, pick an area, enter “the stream of time,”3 and stay as long as you like.

Florida Division of Cultural Affairs Arts In Education cultivates learning and artistic development for all students and teachers by promoting, encouraging, and supporting arts and culture as an integral part of education and lifelong learning for residents and visitors. The Division supports the view that the arts build cultural understanding, mutual respect, and strong communities. Arts In Education projects accomplish this by bringing artists and cultural experiences directly into Florida schools, hospitals, nursing and eldercare facilities, senior centers, correctional facilities, community spaces, cultural facilities, and other organizations. National Resources Americans for the Arts Americans for the Arts is a national nonprofit organization that works to advance the arts in America, offers numerous arts education resources you need to make the case for the arts—in school and after—including research, toolkits, and examples of exemplary programs.

Sway The Royal Irish Academy is closed to protect the public, as are the museums and cultural institutions who had planned to host our touring exhibition this year. We have put together the exhibition virtually so that you can still enjoy these ten words while staying safe. Ruth Ruth Hegarty, Managing Editor, Royal Irish Academy The words we use say something fundamental about us and how we think. They give others an indication of what we know, what is important to us, and how we perceive our environment.